<dd>The full local filesystem path to the file or
script matching the request.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>HTTPS</code></dt>
+
+ <dd>Will contain the text "on" if the connection is
+ using SSL/TLS, or "off" otherwise. (This variable
+ can be safely used regardless of whether
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is loaded).</dd>
+
</dl>
</div>
</li>
Apache structures and (if not found there) via
<code>getenv()</code> from the Apache server process.</li>
- <li>There is the special format:
- <code>%{SSL:variable}</code> where <em>variable</em> can be
- any SSL environment variable. This is looked-up via internal
- SSL structures from the Apache server process.</li>
+ <li>There is the special format:
+ <code>%{SSL:variable}</code> where <em>variable</em> is the
+ name of an <a href="mod_ssl.html#envvars">SSL environment
+ variable</a>; this can be used whether or not
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is loaded, but will always expand to
+ the empty string if it is not. Example:
+ <code>%{SSL:SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZE}</code> may expand to
+ <code>128</code>.</li>
<li>There is the special format:
<code>%{HTTP:header}</code> where <em>header</em> can be